Music, Spoken Word Lineups Announced For Kentuck Arts Festival

NORTHPORT, AL — Kentuck Art Center on Thursday announced the schedule and performers for the Brother Ben Music Stage and the Kathryn Tucker Windham Spoken Word Stage at this year's Kentuck Festival of the Arts.

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The beloved annual festival will be held Oct. 14-15 at Kentuck Park.

Along with the lineup of music and spoken word performers, the festival will also feature more than 270 artists, activities for children, folk and contemporary craft demonstrations, food trucks, and local craft beers.

Kentuck Art Center says tickets can be purchased in advance or at the front gate and are priced at $15 per day and $25 for a weekend pass.

Admission is free for children 12 years old and under

Brother Ben Music Stage

Saturday, Oct. 14

• 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. – Druid Ukes
• 11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Diablo Sandwich and the Dr. Peppers
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. – Caleb Elliot
• 2:15 p.m. -3:30 p.m. – Thad and Company
• 3:45 p.m. - 5 p.m. – Mike Cooley

Sunday, Oct. 15

• 10 a.m.-11 a.m. – Max-Planck Gymnasium Big Band
• 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. – Patrick O’Sullivan
• 1 p.m.- 2:15 p.m. – Kaydee Mulvehill
• 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. – Gary Nichols

Kathryn Tucker Windham Spoken Word Stage

Saturday, Oct. 14

• 9:30 a.m. – University of Alabama Undergraduate Creative Writing Students
• 11:30 a.m. – Pure Products
• 12:30 p.m. – Charlie "Tin Man" Lucas, stories about Kathryn Tucker Windham
• 1:30 p.m. – Sandy Barnidge
• 3 p.m. – Brooke Champagne

Sunday, Oct. 15

• 10:30 a.m. – University of Alabama Undergraduate Creative Writing Students
• 12:00 p.m. – Kathryn Tucker Windham Tales
• 1:30 p.m. – Ashley M. Jones, Alabama Poet Laureate
• 2:30 p.m. – Trudier Harris, recent Alabama Writers Hall of Fame Inductee

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